Ora
Latin/Hebrew · Girl · 2 syllables
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About the name Ora
The name Ora derives from Latin "ora" meaning "pray" or "edge/border," and also from Hebrew "ohr" meaning "light." It has been used across Christian, Jewish, and secular Western cultures, with notable historical presence among Quaker communities and in early 20th-century America as both a given name and surname.
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Etymology
The name Ora derives from Latin "ora" meaning "pray" or "edge/border," and also from Hebrew "ohr" meaning "light." It has been used across Christian, Jewish, and secular Western cultures, with notable historical presence among Quaker communities and in early 20th-century America as both a given name and surname.
Ora currently ranks #3,760 in the United States as a girl's name. It reached its peak popularity around 1919.
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